Hey Bass wizards! Long time lurker, first time poster.
I've recently been given what appears to be a Squier Bass from 1997 but there's a few things which are confusing me about it, and I'm wondering if anyone can help me find out it's origin.
I'm aware that in the end, it doesn't matter as long as it plays well and does the job it's supposed to. This is more of a fun investigation for me and I'm hoping to find more info from this community! I'll list out the things I've done already done to try and track it down.
The neck plate has a strange serial on it, CH041655. I've ran this through multiple decoders and nothing's come back which would make me assume that it's just a fake Squier, super cheap kind of thing.
The neck heel is stamped OCT 1997, I've included pics for reference.
The body has been painted pink (presumably by a kid wanting their version of a Mark Hoppus Bass) but there's a sunburst finish underneath.
No headstock markings, there appears to be a mark on the headstock where the original decal used to be, when I was given the bass by my partner she mentioned that her older sister was given this in the early 2000's, no other info about it unfortunately.
Pickups have 0 branding or markings on them, wiring's been done quite well and can't see any issues with that. I'm going to check the Pot serials and try find out more about it through that, and will post anything I find in the comments (if anyone's interested in helping me solve it's origin!)
My plan is to strip the pink paint off it (no idea how, would love some advice on this) and restore it with new hardware, new pickups (if needed) and just an overall clean and setup.
Either way, this could give a few people a good laugh as it's definitely seen better days. Enjoy, and thanks in advance to anyone who's more knowledgable than me and knows a bit more about identifying basses from this era.
I've recently been given what appears to be a Squier Bass from 1997 but there's a few things which are confusing me about it, and I'm wondering if anyone can help me find out it's origin.
I'm aware that in the end, it doesn't matter as long as it plays well and does the job it's supposed to. This is more of a fun investigation for me and I'm hoping to find more info from this community! I'll list out the things I've done already done to try and track it down.
The neck plate has a strange serial on it, CH041655. I've ran this through multiple decoders and nothing's come back which would make me assume that it's just a fake Squier, super cheap kind of thing.
The neck heel is stamped OCT 1997, I've included pics for reference.
The body has been painted pink (presumably by a kid wanting their version of a Mark Hoppus Bass) but there's a sunburst finish underneath.
No headstock markings, there appears to be a mark on the headstock where the original decal used to be, when I was given the bass by my partner she mentioned that her older sister was given this in the early 2000's, no other info about it unfortunately.
Pickups have 0 branding or markings on them, wiring's been done quite well and can't see any issues with that. I'm going to check the Pot serials and try find out more about it through that, and will post anything I find in the comments (if anyone's interested in helping me solve it's origin!)
My plan is to strip the pink paint off it (no idea how, would love some advice on this) and restore it with new hardware, new pickups (if needed) and just an overall clean and setup.
Either way, this could give a few people a good laugh as it's definitely seen better days. Enjoy, and thanks in advance to anyone who's more knowledgable than me and knows a bit more about identifying basses from this era.
